Traveling through the Prosperous Pastoral of Peasant Girls

Chapter 1 The Promise Before Dying
Chapter 1 Promise before death

Two small civil servants from the Yanzhou Agricultural Bureau, a man and a woman, went back to their hometown to celebrate the New Year together five days before the Spring Festival.Their hometown is six hundred miles away from Yanzhou, and they are fellow villagers living in two adjacent villages.The customs and habits in my hometown are early marriages. Generally, young people start a family at the age of 22, and basically have children before the age of 25.When the elders in the family saw other people's homes, children of the same age as them were married early, and some grandchildren were in school, they couldn't help feeling anxious, and they also tried to arrange marriages for them.

The boy Jin Yang is 29 years old this year, and the girl Liu Tao is 27 years old. They are both older youths.Going back this time, their respective parents have already released the news, unless he (she) brings the partner home this time, otherwise, no matter what, he or she has to find a partner before the Chinese New Year to finalize the marriage, and find a good day to get married next year .

The two are fellow villagers, because they are not in the same department. Although they both work in the same office building, they are not very familiar with each other.

They are all older youths, and neither has a partner. Although they all have a good impression of each other, after all, they have known each other for too short a time, and they have not yet reached the point of knowing each other.This time, the old man in the family was in a hurry, so he wanted to take the other party home for the parents to see, so that he could pass this test first.

Along the way, the two looked at each other a little shy, and their conversation was a little restrained. Fortunately, they both majored in agriculture and had a common topic, and the conversation became more and more familiar.There is a strait between their work unit and their hometown. The passenger ship they took arrived at the pier on the other side in more than two hours.

Today is the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, and it will be Chinese New Year in five days. Passengers on the ship are anxious to go home and reunite with their families, so there are many more passengers than usual, and the cabin is full of festive atmosphere.The port on the other side was just ahead. I don't know if it was smoke or smog drifting towards the ship, and the visibility also dropped accordingly. Immediately, the ship and the distant pier were shrouded in mist.

Suddenly, the whistle on the ship rang continuously. It was a huge monster appeared in front of the ship. That guy was a huge cargo ship. , the two huge guys collided firmly together.

The people on the ship were all thrown into a mess by the impact, many fell down, some were screaming, before they understood the situation, the lights on the ship went out, and then a large amount of seawater poured in from the stairwell connecting the deck After entering, the bottom tank was filled in a short while, and then it was poured into the landing door where they were. The icy sea water soon covered people's knees, and the boat slowly tilted.The two of them turned pale with fright, and pulled each other to move towards the space where there was not much seawater.Many people, like them, squeezed into the small space with shallow water. This space became smaller and smaller as the water level rose, and the seawater soon covered the chest.Jin Yang's myopia was also squeezed out, and he couldn't help comforting Liu Tao. In fact, he knew in his heart that this catastrophe came too fast, and in all likelihood, he couldn't escape it.

When the sea water reached their necks, the two hugged each other desperately and subconsciously. They had never been so intimate before, and they had to be embarrassed at the moment of life and death.They were trembling with each other and comforting each other, Liu Tao cried, "Jin Yang, I'm not willing to die like this..."

"Liu Tao, me too. We can't go home anymore, so let us go to hell together. Fortunately, we still have a companion! We can take care of each other when we go to the underworld!"

"Jin Yang, I'm afraid, promise me, can we be husband and wife in the next life?"

"Okay, Liu Tao, I promise you..."

Amidst the noise of "Help!", the two died together hugging each other and choking on water, and they did not separate when they died.

After an unknown amount of time, the two people who were hugging each other were rescued. When they were a little awake, they heard someone calling their names in a strange voice and crying heart-piercingly.Some people persuaded from the sidelines to let some people mourn.An old man's voice also came: "Since they died embracing each other, let them be buried in the same cave. The two poor children died just a few months after they got engaged. If you can't become a husband and wife, then you can become a husband and wife after death..."

First of all, Jin Yang wondered in his head: "The lie of this fake lover is the secret of only two people, okay, I haven't had time to let you know?" Although he thought so, it was difficult to open his eyes.

Liu Tao also woke up at about the same time as Jin Yang. There was too much water in her stomach, and she had to cough and flow out from the corner of her mouth. As she regained consciousness, she opened her eyes, and she didn't know that the nearsighted lens had fallen. Where, without myopia, she clearly saw a boy in his teens hugging her vigorously.Looking at myself, I also have thin arms and legs, similar to my body more than ten years ago, and the clothes on my body are tattered, with a hint of retro.

Her waking up immediately attracted people's attention, and everyone screamed, a woman who was crying against her all the time shouted: "Daughter, have you come back to life..."

A lot of information floated up in Liu Tao's brain, causing his brain to ache. He was also a ten-year-old girl named Liu Tao (Liu Tao), and the boy in his arms was his childhood sweetheart playmate.Because the local custom is to marry early, her parents got her engaged to Jin Yangzi, the son of the landlord.This young gentleman is two years older than him, and his parents have slapped him with shamelessness.Jin Yangzi's family has 45 mu of land and is the largest landlord in the village.My family leased six acres of land from his family. The gap between the rich and the poor made my family look down upon by the adults in Jin Yangzi's family. A few days ago, his grandmother threatened to divorce.However, she and this brother Jin Yangzi have a very good relationship. Although they are young and don't know what love is, they have each other in their hearts.

Today, like many people in the village, they went to the river to fish for shrimps. Normally, if they caught too many shrimps, they would sell them for money.Originally, she didn't want to fish for shrimps today, and wanted to go to the market with her father, younger siblings, but she couldn't bear the urging of her grandma, and said, "Liu Tao, what are you doing today, you and your big fat brother will go fishing in the river together." Shrimp, add a dish for the Chinese New Year, and offer an offering to the ancestors..."

She had no choice but to go to find Fatty early in the morning. Fatty said that her legs were so painful that she couldn't move, so she had to bite the bullet and come to the river.Brother Jin Yang was worried that she would also come to supervise her on the shore, but it happened that she slipped and stepped into the dark pit at the bottom of the water. Brother Jin Yang went into the water to save herself, and she grabbed this life-saving straw when she was about to die They didn't let go, but both of them drowned in the river. Thanks to someone fishing for shrimps in the distance, they called for help. When they were rescued, they were two dead bodies hugging each other.

It was the mother of this body who called herself. She was still breaking the golden seedlings and hugging Liu Tao's hands, when an uncoordinated voice came, "Liu Tao, you are a murderer, your dead girl!" My son has come back to life, my precious grandson has been killed by your dead girl, and I want this dead girl to pay for my grandson's life..."

An old woman with a grim face waved her crutches and cursed at the two women who came tremblingly from a distance. She heard someone report that her grandson Jin Yang died to save Liu Tao.She is a landlady, and the crowd of onlookers are all poor people, half of whom are tenants of her family. There is inherent invisible pressure on her. When they saw her coming, everyone moved away, and the old woman with a violent temper beat her with a cane. to himself.

Liu Tao knew that this was Brother Jinyang's grandma, and Jinyang's grandmother was not easy to mess with, because the two sons in the family were small landlords, and the fertile land combined had nearly a hundred acres, so she was very proud, and she was very proud of those The tenants who leased her land were not polite.If Brother Jin Yang couldn't survive, she would dare to use herself to kill Jin Yang.Thinking of this, she pushed the original owner's mother away, and pressed his stomach hard among the people who pinched Brother Yangzi, calling out "Brother Jinyang, wake up soon?".

Jin Yangzi didn't want to open his eyes because he felt uncomfortable all over his body, but Liu Tao pinched him in pain. He barely opened his eyes.He and Liu Tao, who didn't wear myopia glasses, saw the world here with the same clarity, and the reactions in their brains were similar. Why did they come back to life after dying? Could it be that they have also caught up with the trend of time travel?Is this girl who calls herself 'Brother Yangzi' the former Liu Tao?He kept flipping through the memories of the original owner, knowing that she was a playmate when he was a child, and also a baby relative given by his parents, but he didn't know if Liu Tao's soul was the original Liu Tao.

Jin Yangzi woke up, and the two families were overjoyed. Jin Yang's grandma saw that her grandson was alive, so she stopped making trouble. Amid the blessings of everyone, they went home with their parents.

Liu Tao spit out a lot of water again, and was held by her mother. She changed her wet clothes and got into the bed at home. Her mother helped her, and her mother said: "My child, you are alive, you are really blessed by the gods." , if something happens to you during the new year, how will our family of four live, how will we live this year?"

Hearing what she said, Liu Tao quickly looked through the memory of the original owner, and found that besides her mother, there was also a father, a younger brother and a younger sister in the family. The reason why she didn't see them now was that they went to the town's market to go shopping up.Because tomorrow is the New Year, every household is preparing for the New Year.Liu Tao was going to go with her father in the morning, but she didn't go because her grandma ordered her to fish for shrimps.

After a while, a series of footsteps and cries came from outside the door. The original owner's father first opened the door and came in with a bamboo basket full of New Year's goods. Two children, a boy and a girl, then came in, crying and grabbing Liu Tao's hand.

It turned out that they only heard that Liu Tao drowned when they entered the village, but they didn't hear that she came back to life later.The original owner's younger brother was eight years old, and his younger sister was only six years old. Seeing that his elder sister was not dead, he stopped crying.

"It scared me to death. I thought Liu Tao was really dead?"

Seeing the original owner's father's expression, Liu Tao knew that this father was a competent father who loved the children very much, so she said weakly, "Dad, I made you worry."

As Liu Tao said, she stretched out her hand to hold the hand of the original owner's mother, and also called "Mom" kindly. This daughter usually just calls them Mom and Dad like other children. This word is very novel, the two looked at each other and smiled.Liu Tao came to a strange world and had to live on, so she recognized them from the bottom of her heart.

In the bamboo basket was a piece of pork weighing more than three catties, a pot of oil, some daily salt and seasonings, and several porcelain bowls. Dad took out candy from the bamboo basket and handed it to her. I rarely enjoyed it, and my younger siblings also shared it. My mother also took a red headband from my father and cut it into two pieces, one for my sister and one for myself.Liu Tao couldn't help but think of the "White-haired Girl" aria that was once popular in China, "My daughter has flowers to wear, but your father and I can't buy them with less money, so I pulled a two-foot red string and tied it up for my Xi'er... "

Looking at the malnourished family, the dilapidated ceiling and walls, and the patched clothes on several people's bodies, Liu Tao secretly made up her mind that since her soul occupied the body of her daughter, she should replace her. People show filial piety to adults and care for younger brothers and sisters. For poor families, this situation must be changed as soon as possible.

An hour later, a boy came in with a cold wind outside, carrying a bowl carefully. It turned out to be her brother Yangzi. After he came in and greeted his parents politely, he handed the bowl to Liu Tao, "Hurry up, Liu Tao." If you drink the ginger soup, you will get sick if you don’t drink ginger soup..."

The ginger soup was still boiling hot, and it could be seen that he brought it over as soon as the ginger soup was ready. Liu Tao took it and drank it, thinking in his heart; is the soul of this brother Yangzi Jinyang? ?If so, that would be great, he will be a good helper in making a fortune.Because Jin Yang is also a graduate of the Agricultural University, one year older than himself, it is much more convenient to have the cooperation of this senior. Besides, his family is still a wealthy family with the convenience of money. If we work together to develop, the prospects are still very bright.

Jin Yang also has the same thoughts as her, and also hopes that he is Liu Tao from the previous life, and he came to this strange world. If he has a like-minded girlfriend, it will be a great blessing in life.

Liu Tao took a look at Jin Yang, wanting to test him out, but when he saw the red-headed rope, there was a topic, he kept his eyes on Jin Yang, stared into his eyes and said: "Well, this taste is really bad, but I I like it..." Then she pretended to be careless and picked up the red string, humming Yang Bailao's lyrics, while aiming at Jin Yang to see his reaction.

Jin Yang listened calmly, the smile on his face became brighter and brighter, at this moment, a discordant voice came from outside the yard, "Yangzi, hurry home, don't you know you just fell into the water? Go home and drink ginger soup, I really only think about others...don't forget to take the bowl back"

Jin Yang ignored his mother's call from outside, and excitedly said to Liu Tao: "Didn't we agree on what will happen in the next life, this is the next life!" After seeing Liu Tao nodding incessantly, he smiled, and then took Liu Tao's hand. Tao handed over the empty bowl and went out quickly.

Mom and Dad's questions and answers to them were only a secret between them, so they didn't ask too much.Seeing how satisfied Liu Tao was after drinking the ginger soup, she just sighed.Ordinarily, when a girl falls into the water in the winter, it is necessary to make a bowl of ginger soup to get rid of the cold.However, poor families usually do not have these high-end things. Besides, the children of poor families are not so expensive. Usually, if there is a minor illness or disaster, they can’t afford a doctor. Is it falling into the water? The children can only use their own bodies Hardened.

After calming down, Liu Tao lay on the kang and sorted out the memory of the original owner from beginning to end, but the original owner was only in his teens, and he knew very limited information from the outside world.That is to understand some things that happened around the village, and to be familiar with some surrounding scenery and landforms.The village is called Goudong Village, named after a Shennong ditch that is five miles wide and more than 20 miles long.As for how to make a fortune in the future, what resources can be used are still unclear.I just know that in addition to the six acres of land leased from Brother Yangzi’s family, the family also has a dry embankment of about four acres and a barren pond next to it.The pond is about six acres, 100 meters away from the river where she and Jin Yangzi fell into the water.Vegetables are usually planted near the pond on the sloping land, and some drought-tolerant sunflowers and castors are planted in places far away from which watering is inconvenient.That place was two and a half miles away from my home, and more than a mile away from the village.There are no other large animals that can be transported, and the only means of transportation is a wheelbarrow owned by my father.

There is no good way to get rich in the poor valley. The Goudong Village where they live is four miles away from the nearest Xifeng Town, which is where Dad and the others went to the market today. Northwest of the village.The city of Dongji Prefecture is also 300 miles away from Goudong Village, which is northeast of Goudong Village. Whether you go to Jinsha County or Dongji Prefecture, you have to go through Xifeng Town if you want to bypass Shennonggou.The distance between Goudong Village and the capital is more than 4000 miles, and the population of the country is less than [-] million.

At night, they ate sweet potato rice, which was mixed with a little cornmeal, and served with unpalatable pickles. One can imagine the financial situation of the family.

Before they finished eating, the original owner's grandmother led a half-sized boy in. The half-sized boy was one year older than Liu Tao. He was the son of the uncle's family. There were one son and one daughter in the uncle's family.He is the boss, named Big Fatty, and grandma asked herself to go fishing with him.He has a thick neck and a strong body, with a pair of naked eyes narrowed into a slit on his fat face, looking specifically at the hidden places under the bed and in the corners of his home.

When he saw his father's bamboo basket, he went to lift it up and put it in front of grandma, who was still teaching Liu Tao that she accidentally fell into the water: "It's a good thing this little girl didn't die. It’s not bad luck, you said, you two, let a little girl’s house go to the river to fish for shrimps during the Chinese New Year, if you don’t eat shrimps, you will die..."

"You let me go, okay!" Liu Tao slandered, but she didn't dare to say it out.

She saw the bamboo basket, and the three catties of pork inside caught his attention: "Heh, your family's New Year's goods are quite plentiful. These are for honoring your father and me, right?"

　The new book is uploaded, and flowers and bricks are welcome, friends.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)